Practical E-manufacturing and supply chain management / Gerhard Greeff, Ranjan Ghoshal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greeff, Gerhard.

Contributor:

Ghoshal, Ranjan.

Series:

Practical Professional

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Production engineering.

Business logistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (476 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; London : Newnes, 2004.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

New technologies are revolutionising the way manufacturing and supply chain management are implemented. These changes are delivering manufacturing firms the competitive advantage of a highly flexible and responsive supply chain and manufacturing system to ensure that they meet the high expectations of their customers, who, in today's economy, demand absolutely the best service, price, delivery time and product quality.To make e-manufacturing and supply chain technologies effective, integration is needed between various, often disparate systems. To understand why this is such an issue,

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Disclaimer; Acknowledgements; Who is Altech?; Introduction to e-manufacturing systems; Learning objectives; Preamble; E-manufacturing definition; Background; E-manufacturing strategy; E-manufacturing challenges; E-manufacturing benefits; E-manufacturing and supply chain; History of business automation; Learning objectives; Introduction; Evolution of measurement instrumentation; Evolution of control systems; Evolution of process visualization systems; The evolution of accounting systems; Evolution of computers; Evolution of networks; Evolution of the Internet

Development of supply-chain management systemsEvolution of manufacturing execution systems; System hierarchies and components; Learning objectives; Introduction; Programmable logic controllers; Distributed control system; SCADA System; DCS and SCADA/PLC comparison; Hybrid control systems; Manufacturing execution systems; Enterprise resource planning systems; ERP and SCM relationship; Supply chain management; Operation management systems; Holonic manufacturing system; Collaborative manufacturing management systems; Business process design models and concepts used in operations systems

Learning objectivesIntroduction; Theory of constraints; The supply-chain operation reference model; The ready, execute, process, analyze, coordinate model; Introduction to the IEC (6)1131-3 standard; S88 batch control standard; S95 Enterprise-Control System Integration Standard; Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) Title 21 part 11; Continuous improvement (Kaizen); Business process and system modeling tools and packages; Learning objectives; Introduction; Generic BMTs; IDEF0; Unified modeling language; Computer-aided software engineering tools; ARIS; VISIO; Oracle Designer; Bpwin

Enterprise planning and supply-chain interactionLearning objectives; Introduction; Logistics planning and optimization; E-fulfillment; Business process optimization; Procurement management; Supplier relationship management; Customer relationship management; Material returns management; Product and plant knowledge management; Learning objectives; Introduction; Product life cycle management; Quality management; Laboratory information management systems; Document management; Production capability management; Learning objectives; Introduction; Labor management; Equipment management

Material storage and availability managementLean manufacturing; Production scheduling, management and control; Learning objectives; Introduction; Enterprise scheduling; Finite capacity scheduling; Dispatching production units; Resource allocation; Process management; Production systems collaboration; Production data collection and performance analysis; Learning objectives; Introduction; Changing face of manufacturing strategies; Performance analysis strategies; Performance analysis systems; Performance analysis concepts; Outcome metrics; Product tracking and genealogy

Data collection/acquisition

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611016326

9781281016324

1281016322

9780080473857

0080473857

OCLC:

162591226